SQUIRRELS. 



Sciurus e7j<//>;Kaj.— Gmelin. The Southern Fox Squiird. 

 Sciurus cinereus.—lAan. The Cat Squirrel. 

 Sciurus ludmiicianm. — Castis. The Western Fox SqnirreL 

 Sciurus camlinensis.—Gmeim. The Grey or Black SquirreL 



THE Southern Fox Squirrel inhabits the Southern States from 

 North Carolina to Texas. It is the largest and finest of 

 our North American Squirrels. The length of the head and body 

 is twelve inches, and that of the tail fifteen. Its color is oftenest 

 grey above and white below, but it is also found of all shades of 

 fulvous, and is sometimes a deep shining black. Its ears and nose 

 are always white. 



The Cat Squirrel is found in New Jersey and Virginia, and west 

 to the AUeghanies. It is about the length of the preceding species, 

 but is more heavily built, and has a somewhat shorter tail. In 

 color too, it resembles the Southern Fox Squirrel, but its ears and 

 nose are never white. 



The Western Fox Squirrel occurs in the Mississippi Valley. 

 It is about twelve inches long, with a tail of about the same length. 

 Its color is rusty grey above and bright ferruginous below. Ears 

 and nose never white. 



The Grey or Black Squirrel is found throughout the wooded 

 portion of the United States east of the Missouri River. It is 

 about ten inches long to the root of the taU, which number ex- 

 ceeds by about an inch the length of the head and body. The 

 usual color is pale g^ey above, and white or yellowish white 

 beneath, but the individuals of the species grade from this color 

 through all the stages to jet black. 



The above mentioned varieties of the Squirrel tribe are the 

 only ones which are followed for the bag or pot. The Fox and 

 Cat Squirrel are never met with in the Eastern States, but are the 

 common species of the Mississippi bottom lands, and the southern 



